This multidisciplinary programme aims to train the students in critical reasoning, and also help them building analytical as well as practical skills to make them eligible to work in developmental organizations, be it international or national; government, non-government, financial institutions, banks for rural development, etc.; as well as for such professions as teaching.

The students learn to critically look at different paradigms of ‘development’ — theoretical perspectives as well as approaches — the contemporary debates, and also the research method (both quantitative and qualitative). This 80-credit programme includes core courses, courses on ‘method’, optional special courses, dissertation writing, and practicum in field-setting and summer internship. Among the taught courses are: ‘Society, state and governance’; ‘Development economics: Theory, history and experience’; ‘Research methods’; ‘Gender and development’; ‘Quantitative methods’; ‘Human development’; ‘Third world perspective of development’; ‘Socio-psychological and anthropological perspectives of development’; ‘Urbanization and urban development’; ‘Principles and practices of public policy’; ‘Contemporary development discourses’; ‘Environment and development’; ‘Indian agrarian system’; ‘Rural development’; ‘Demography and population dynamics’; ‘Industrialization, globalization and labour’; ‘Development communication’; ‘Strategies for social intervention’; ‘Public health’; ‘Micro finance’; and, ‘Food security and nutrition’. The faculty is drawn from various appropriate disciplines and all of them have considerable research experience.

The centre is actively involved in understanding the natural processes and anthropogenic factors and their impacts on environmental and ecological systems. The centre wants to inculcate scientific knowledge and formulate strategies for sustainable use of natural resources as well as to mitigate environmental degradations, for the benefit of society.

The students would be able to develop the capacity to study, analyse and seek solutions to environmental problems, and to help formulating policies and strategies for environmental planning. The teaching methods comprise field study, laboratory training, mathematical modelling, data analysis, policy analysis, and evaluation of complex environmental issues. The Programme includes such core courses as Introduction to ecology and environmental sciences; Statistical methods and computer applications; Environmental chemistry; Social and developmental perspectives; Environmental geosciences; Atmospheric sciences and climate change; Hydrology and water resources; Energy resources and management; Environmental economics, Policies, Laws and Ethics; Environmental impact assessment and environmental management planning; Water and air pollution and control; Environmental biotechnology. To promote research activities, the centre is in the process of collaborating with national and international academic institutions and research organizations. The centre is intended to highlight regional and global environmental research issues.

Biotechnology is an interface of basic and applied sciences, where gradual and subtle transformation of science into technology can be witnessed. This has emerged, in the 21st century, as a major thrust in the field of science and technology having capability to boost the economy of developed as well as developing countries like India. Being multidisciplinary in nature of our M.Sc. biotechnology programme the students are from diverse backgrounds such as chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology etc.

In fact, biotechnology is the confluence of knowledge of basic sciences such as biology, physics, chemistry and also nanotechnology, molecular biology, biophysics, molecular genetics, cell biology, bioinformatics, microbiology etc. Furthermore, it also combines engineering, mathematical and computational tools to arrive at comprehensive understanding of Mother Nature’s way of life cycle. This master programme has both theory as well as practical with interdisciplinary innovative research projects in their curriculum. Exposure to research is also enhanced by a variety of seminar series, symposium and work shop. The faculty of the school is well versed with recent techniques of biotechnology as is evident from the educational background and their publications in reputed journals.

As an important step in the academic initiative of CUB towards developing quality human resource for technology and research needs of the society and nation, a computer science department was started under the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. The department currently offers a two year M.Sc. program in computer science. A judicious set of theory and practical/project intensive courses ensure that the student graduating from here come out with solid foundation and right skill set to make mark in industry or research.

Well qualified and dedicated faculty members pay individual attention to students and ensure good learning experience for them. A dedicated computer laboratory, equipped with latest equipments, makes the program more effective by providing an excellent environment for students to engage in creative and innovative software/hardware projects. Industry collaboration and career counselling cells will become operations soon.

The main objective of the postgraduate programme is to train the students in all the basic fields of Mathematics, inculcate skill for creative thinking, understanding fundamental concepts of the subject, problem solving and for achieving professional competence in mathematics. After successful completion of the course the student will have the capacity to go for a research and teaching career and for jobs that require logical thinking and innovative mind. The courses have been so designed that the student will be able to learn the subject in a systematic and methodical manner under able guidance of the faculty and general environment of the university.

The 80-credit programme consists of five paper of equal credit in each semester. Of the 20 courses, Real and functional analysis, Linear algebra, Discrete mathematics, Ordinary and partial differential equations, Topology, Differential geometry, Measure theory, and Programming are compulsory courses. Seven papers are elective in the third and fourth Semesters. The areas of research of the faculty members are: Group Theory, Wavelet Analysis and Fluid Mechanics.

Statistics has become an indispensable tool in all areas of scientific research. The role of statistics in synergizing the building blocks of the national development is very important. The course aims at training students in theoretical and applied aspects of statistics with due emphasis on the computational aspects with an aim to train them to take up challenges in academic research as well as in industrial organization. Hence the course is designed as a synergy of statistics, mathematics and computation.

The 80-credit PG programme includes sophisticated computational facilities. The computer laboratory is equipped with high speed Internet connection. There are as many as 50 computer terminals. It facilitates SPSS and all major open source Statistics software. Among the taught courses are: Probability and distribution theory; Real analysis and linear algebra; Directional and spatial data analysis; Measure theory and probability; Design and response surface experiments; Operations research; Order statistics and non-parametric tests; Stochastic processes; Categorical data analysis; Environmental and national development statistics; Statistical process and quality control; Demography; Bayesian inference; Reliability theory; Econometrics; Actuarial statistics; and, statistics in finance.